Sharp SL-C750, Manual

Page 1: ...Important Please read the information in the section Unpacking Startup before unpacking any further SHARP SL C750 SL C760 SL C860 Linux Personal Mobile Tool ...

Page 2: ...lay 8 Ports Controls 9 Bottom 9 Device backside 10 One Handed Use 11 Keyboard functions 11 Umlauts Euro 12 Software for SL 5500 G 13 Software installation Windows 13 USB Driver 13 IntelliSync 13 Communication via Neighbourhood 14 Access as USB Mass Storage SL C860 14 Telnet Access 14 Annotations about Software 15 Applications 15 MoviePlayer 15 Localisation after reset 16 Page 2 SHARP SL C750 760 8...

Page 3: ...Accessing the service menu 22 Quit service menu 23 Backup with service menu 23 Restore with service menu 24 Boot to command line 25 Helpful links 26 Zaurus portals 26 Software 26 Accessories for Your Zaurus 27 SHARP accessories 27 Third party accessories 27 Declaration of conformity 29 SHARP SL C750 760 860 Page 3 SL C750 760 860 Quickstart TRIsoft OHG ...

Page 4: ...e afraid the steps for localisation are described on page 16 Please note that SHARP Electronics Europe does not support this device For further information links and questions visit us in the internet at http www trisoft de The largest german speaking sorry Zaurus Community is to be found at http www z portal info Tons of english information is available at http externe net zaurus forum In case of...

Page 5: ...e differences will be explained at the appropriate places in this manual Comparison SL C750 SL C760 SL C860 Attribute SL C750 SL C760 SL C860 OS Linux OpenPDA CPU Intel Xscale PXA255 400 MHz Memory 64 MB Flash 64 MB SDRAM 128 MB Flash 64 MB SDRAM Display SHARP CG Silicon 640x480 Ports SHARP I O Port Infrarer Headphone out Power supply Cardslots 1 x SD 1 x CompactFlash Battery included 3 7V LiIon E...

Page 6: ... The Zaurus should contain 1 Stylus 1 Cover for CF Slot right side 1 Cover for I O Port left side Startup Insert the battery SL C750 On the bottom of the Zaurus also see page is the switch for the interlock of the battery compartment Unlock the compartment by sliding the switch to the right and take off the cover of the compartment Insert the battery so that its white triangular arrow covers the t...

Page 7: ... direction of the arrow on the end leading to the border of the enclosure Put the cover for the battery compartment back onto the device There is a marking dash at the border for orientation which should be aligned to the border of the compartment Charging the battery You should now connect the power supply with the Zaurus the AC in is located on the backside of the device The Zarurs will be charg...

Page 8: ...snaps into the maximal possible position When opened the display can also be turned clock wise and turned over back onto the keyboard Attention NEVER turn the display using violence or in opposite to the designated direction Such damages Zaurus in two parts are not warranted Please touch the device at both sides when the display is turned Do not touch it at the upper border ...

Page 9: ...m 1 Lug for fastening the Zaurus for instance a chain 2 Slot for CompactFlash cards 3 Cover for CompactFlash slot 4 Stylus 5 Cover for battery compartment 6 Switch for inter unlocking the compartment 7 Yet another lug for fastening the Zaurus 8 Cover for I O Ports 9 I O Port see next page ...

Page 10: ...le serial SHARP CE UC1 USB cable included TRIsoft ZBPUSB USB cable with charging function Serial IO ZThinUSB cable with charging function Device backside 1 Controls for One Handed Use 2 Infrared 3 Slot for SD cards 4 Hookup for power supply 5V Attention Only the original power supply from SHARP model EA 70S is approved by us The usage of third party power supplies can possibly destroy the charging...

Page 11: ...ckstart fields at the lower border allow to start often used applications with just a little tip Keyboard functions The two Japanese keys are redefined to Ctrl and Alt with the help of the applet KeyHelper This applet can be found in the internet at http yakty s31 xrea com linuzau Unfortunately the help texts are currently only available in Japanese Key codes can be read or existing mappings can b...

Page 12: ...he violet printed keyboard functions there are the following combinations FN A gives ä FN Shift A gives Ä FN O gives ö FN Shift O gives Ö FN U gives ü FN Shift U gives Ü FN S gives ß FN Shift E gives FN N gives FN M gives The Shift key is in this configuration sticky That means you can press Shift alone and the next pressed key will react as pressed with Shift Please note Umlauts Euro and other sp...

Page 13: ...is not necessarily needed The USB driver must be installed in the device manager so that Windows is able to recognise the Zaurus It can be found on the CD in the directory drive USBdrivers Network There should be a new network adapter SL Series Ver3 NDIS 5 in the network configuration after successful installation The Zaurus runs a Samba server for communication purposes which answers at 192 168 1...

Page 14: ...s USB Mass Storage SL C860 The SL C860 provides a new setting for the PC Link Now You can choose between PC Link Setting and Storage Mode Choosing Storage it is possible to grant access to a CF or SD card The Zaurus communicates to the PC as a USB mass storage device like a USB stick or a digital camera With this feature it is easy to transfer files between a card inserted in the Zaurus and a PC w...

Page 15: ...er is only designed to play asf files encoded with MPEG4 Video V1 For smooth playback of regular mpeg and avi files we recommend tkcVideo from TheKompany In our opinion it is a rewarding purchase although it is payware 19 95 US To convert movies in the Zaurus friendly format you find a lot of information at http www double co nz zaurus ...

Page 16: ...ons to click wherefore a step by step manual with pictures is following Reset Flashmenu To reach the flash menu the following steps are necessary Turn off the Zaurus pull out the USB cable or other power supplies Unlock the battery compartment and take out the battery Wait for approx 5 seconds Reinsert the battery close the cover and turn the switch back to Betrieb Connect USB cable or power suppl...

Page 17: ...and the Zaurus is reset After a minute the well known CG Silicon Zaurus screen is visible which means that there is another exciting minute to wait Next there is a writing saying Zaurus and two lines of Japanese text Translated they would mean something like Take the stylus und press the display so that we can see if it works So just do it Now the QT QTopia logo is displayed and the user is asked ...

Page 18: ...esired backup into the Zaurus Note A backup image is downloadable from our website http www trisoft de if needed Use only the matching backup for your Zaurus Please don t try to restore a 750 backup in a SL C760 860 renaming the backup set or vice versa Please activate the tab with the wrench in the upper bar There select the green icon which represents a sheet of paper with two horizontal arrows ...

Page 19: ...Flash or SD Push the middle button at the bottom when the desired backup can be seen in the selection to the right Another dialog appears and asks for confirmation Yes You are sure Click the left button and the time of Kanji on the Zaurus will be over for the time being While restoring the backup the CG Silicon screen appears for a moment then a progress bar which hopefully will reach 100 Afterwar...

Page 20: ...he real keyboard are left from the dash two Japanese keys The key next to the dash switches from the original state of the keyboard to kanji So if there are only red blocks to be seen when using the keyboard do not despair Hit the key left from the dash once and the normal keys are back again During the localisation of SL C750 760 860 the kanji applet was deleted The two forementioned keys have th...

Page 21: ...ontain unreadable categories boxes This information is sadly hard coded so we could not help it yet If You have any ideas or if we have overlooked something please send us an electronic mail to zaurus trisoft de Network Wizard The Wizard button for automated network installation displays only boxes This wizard is not useful outside japan because the wizard installas japanese services like Sharp Sp...

Page 22: ...urus There are no exciting functions to discover besides from operating modes You do not really want except for the Command line see page 25 Accessing the service menu Set the battery switch to Offen and wait a couple of seconds Connect the Zaurus to a power source USB cable or power supply hold down the keys D and M and switch back to Betrieb Hereupon the Zaurus shows the first page of the servic...

Page 23: ...le check before pressing OK Backup with service menu If You are asking Yourself why we mention the service menu although we discourage its usage well here is the explanation The service mode makes it possible to create a 1 1 backup NAND backup of the whole ROM resp to restore a backup This is the last straw if the ROM was modified or a ROM was used which was not really mature If this has just happ...

Page 24: ...AND Flash Restore is to be found on the third page of the service menu as well A CompactFlash card with a valid file systc750 dbk systc760 dbk systc860 dbk is needed Such an image can also be found on our website if there is no other backup at hand After pressing OK a valid dbk file is searched and written into the Flash memory Attention 1 It is imperative to use a power source USB cable or power ...

Page 25: ...power the Zaurus on Now You should see the white bootscreen with the red SHARP Logo But this time the screen should scroll up revealing the following lines INIT version 2 78 booting modprobe Can t locate module devinfo INIT Entering runlevel 5 INIT Sending processes the TERM signal Embedix 2 0 Linux for Embedded Devices zaurus login You may now login as zaurus or root In this mode the Zaurus won t...

Page 26: ... german speaking Zaurus Community www zaurus de SHARP Germany s homepage for the Zauru www myzaurus com SHARP USA s homepage for the Zaurus Software www killefiz de zaurus The Zaurus Software index with hundreds of applications for all Zaurus models This should be the first try when You look for software yakty s31 xrea com linuzau Author of the KeyHelper applet for redefining the Zaurus keys Japan...

Page 27: ...y 3 7V 950 mAh EA BL08K LiIon battery 3 7V 1800 mAh This item con tains a black bottom cover for use in SL C750 CE AG06 CompactFlash camera card CE RH1 Stereo headset and remote control for the MP 3 player CE VK1 Mono microphone and mono headset Discontinued in May 2004 ZPEN Extra stylus Third party accessories BIL 10BT CompactFlash 10 BaseT network adaptor BIL M56G CompactFlash 56K analog modem B...

Page 28: ...ooth module for usage on the SHARP I O Port Connects a Zaurus via Blue tooth mobilephone to the internet ZBLUE Kit Like ZBLUE Single but with additional Blue tooth USB module Enables wireless data transfer to a PC ZThinUSB Serial IO USB cable with charging function ZThinCable Serial IO serial cable ZBPUSB USB cable with charging function ZBPDB9M serial cable plug ZBPDB9F serial cable jack ZXGACF I...

Page 29: ...1 2001 Störfestigkeitseigenschaften EN 61000 4 2 ESD EN 61000 4 3 HF Feld EN 61000 4 4 Burst EN 61000 4 5 Surge EN 61000 4 6 HF Injekt EN 61000 4 8 Magnetfeld EN 61000 4 11 Dips Variation We keep the required documentation ready for insight Hemmingen den 8 7 2003 Marc Stephan Robert Fischer Notes about the operational environment The aforementioned norms define limiting values for the appliance in...